Fugitive Telemetry
By Martha Wells
- Release Date: 2021-04-27
- Genre: Adventure Sci-Fi
Description
A standalone adventure in the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning series!
The security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry!
Having captured the hearts of readers across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it's "one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've ever read") Murderbot has also established Martha Wells as one of the great SF writers of today.
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?)
Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans!
Again!
The Murderbot Diaries
All Systems Red
Artificial Condition
Rogue Protocol
Exit Strategy
Network Effect
Fugitive Telemetry
System Collapse
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Reviews
#6 Was Fine
4By BigAppleGregShort installment, easy read. Just another story in the series nothing to rave about, but entertaining and quick.Get it while you can!
5By dickster0518How often does it happen when an outstanding artist “loses it” and falls into obscurity! If her work is too pricey for you don’t purchase. Sure Martha is a greedy little twerp but she may lose her muse the next sentence she writes and her income stream is at an end.Always excited for Murderbot
5By Treads136Thank you Wells!Great!
5By LMBfanI have only recently discovered murder bot and have quickly read every book! They are so interesting, fast paced and I love how she is able to express her emotions and learning about dealing with her new situationsNice addition to the series
4By PixelpshrA fun locked door murder mystery. Very enjoyable.More Murderbot
5By jcrai890This was a nice twist on murderbot having him working with others in a place he’s growing to like, and helping people he’s beginning to think of as friends. I’m sad to have the stories ending I hope there’s moreGreat Story, Inappropriate Pricing
4By Prairie_Dog“Fugitive Telemetry” is the sixth major installment in Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries series. Like the first four installments, this is a novella. Our favorite SecUnit has been living with its humans on the world of Preservation. Here, it is more than property. People keep acting as if it is either a potentially dangerous construct, or an actual person (both of these are true). Interacting with people cause it all kinds of emotions. Emotions aren’t its strong suit, but it is learning to deal with them. What hasn’t changed is its dry sense of humor, and its sarcastic internal monologue. In this novel, Murderbot and some the humans on Preservation Station have to deal with an unexpected problem, the murder of a visiting human. This mystery only deepens as the initial facts are discovered, could it be a Corporate plot? Is there someone else at work for unknown purposes? Murderbot needs to find out in order to insure the safety of his friends. This novella was sort of a self contained murder mystery, and a return to the shorter Murderbot stories. It wasn’t entirely clear to me how it interfaces with the events at the end of the novel “Network Effect” which preceded it. Regardless, the story was another great installment in the Murderbot Diaries. My only complaint regarding this novella, is the pricing. Tor continues to release these novellas at a price point of a novel. Paying $12 for a e-novella does not seem appropriate to me. Granted, they sometimes offer them on specials later on, but this initial pricing just seems to make a lot of readers unhappy. I had to subtract a star from my rating due to this ongoing issue.From $10 novels to this…
3By pastmapsI get capitalism, but $12 for a novella is a bit extreme. Feels like a version of price gouging (“people are paying it so why not”). This is the first offering in the series that I won’t read… on principle.Great sci-fi series!
5By MaverzI’ve really enjoyed the murderbot series and believe the author did a great job displaying the emotional aspects of being a humanized machine meant to kill. My biggest complaint is that I wish the books were longer, which is more a complement as I always dread the quickly approaching endings as I read the books in this series. Hopefully the next book in the series will be a full sized novel.Great books but novella and full sized books should be priced differently
3By jadeforrestIf 1/3 of us are willing to pay full price for novella length then they can charge that all the time. :( Love the books but don’t like the pricing.Novella for the price of a novel
3By scottforbesIf you like the Murderbot series you’ll enjoy it, but the publisher has apparently taken a lesson from the Corporate Rim and started charging novel-length prices for shorter works.The human within the construct
5By @OneRead4uSecUnit is extremely relatable. That awkwardness he experiences on a moment to moment basis when he’s around humans is completely endearing. He’s a protagonist I can follow for many stories to come.Disappointing length
3By Auggie's ManOK, overall this was the best scifi I’ve read in many, many years. Only real disappointment was that with the exception of the 5th book in the series, they were pretty short. Which, I guess, overall, is a complement. I wanted more. The last seemed rushed to tie it all up, but it was a very satisfying ending.Good Short Story - but where is the Novel?
3By ANWGood short story disguised as a novel or novelette (novella?). I wish Ms Wells took the time to craft a more complex interwoven thematic structure and gave more thought and writing (and pages) to developing it. I like the Murderbot character in principle but I don't get a sense of much psychological or character development. Too much to ask for?More Murderbot, Yay!
5By SaraTIFRThis is only a novella, but a very good story, and great to learn more are Murderbot gets more complex (more human?!) Dr. Mensah is only a minor character here, and our free wheeling SecUnit/Murderbot protagonist is mainly involved with a Port Authority crew as they try to solve a murder. Fast paced and fascinatingly always. I thoroughly enjoyed the story.Short but good
5By b0s5yReally short for $12Not bad but what happened??
4By Turk12127The only thing I didn’t like is that it seems like the story set up by the last book was completely abandonedEnjoyable but
4By Ph77Too short and not nearly as exceptional as rest of seriesAnother good addition to a great series
4By SdzzzzThe plot got a bit muddled at times but Murderbot remains the best written non-human, human character there is. Love this series.
